Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of 1903
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179
Lists received.
1903.
1902.
Number
of Lists.
Number
of
Outworkers
Number
of Lists.
Number
of
Outworkers
Lists received from Employers,
Jan. 1st to Feb. 1st 3 79 5 97
Do. do. Feb. 1st to June 30th 59 1416 31 1056
Do. do. July 1st to Aug. 1st 8 300 6 118
Do. do. Aug. 1st to Dec. 31st 39 1103 11 264
Total 109 2898 53 1535
Lists received from 18 Local
Authorities in 1903 90 342 84 218
Lists dispatched to 54 Local
Authorities in 1903 351 2814 121 941
V. Inspection, Registration, &c.—A Register of Workshops
and Workplaces is kept in the department which contains the
names and addresses of the occupier, the trade or manufacture, the
position and cubic capacity of the workrooms, the number of gas
burners, the number of occupants permissible, the means of
ventilation, and details respecting the sanitary arrangements. At
the end of 1901, there were on the register 987 workshops, and
during 1902 the new workshops placed on the register numbered
378, making the total number on the register at the end of 1902
1,365. During 1903, 350 workshops were added, 04 were removed
from register for one cause or another, and the total now on the
register is 1651. The following table sets out in brief the work
done:—